1952–53 National Football League (Ireland)

1952–53 National Football League
League details
Dates	19 October 1952 – 9 May 1953
League champions
Winners	Dublin (1st win)
Captain	Mossy Whelan
League runners-up
Runners-up	Cavan
Captain	Mick Higgins
← 1951–52 1953–54 →

The 1952–53 National Football League was the 22nd staging of the National Football League (NFL), an annual Gaelic football tournament for the Gaelic Athletic Association county teams of Ireland.

Dublin defeated Cavan in the final, wearing St Vincents' white and blue shirts — not just to prevent a colour clash, but because fourteen of their team were Vincents' men (the exception being goalkeeper Tony O'Grady of the Air Corps club).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

Format

Teams are placed into Divisions I, II, III and IV. The top team in each division reach the semi-final.

Results

Division III

Mayo, Kerry and Galway were tied at the top, so had a playoff round which Kerry won. Clare and Cork were at the bottom.

Finals

Cavan v Kerry

12 April 1953
Semi-Final

Cavan	3-6 – 2-5	Kerry

Croke Park, Dublin

Dublin v Cavan

9 May 1953
Final

Dublin	4-6 – 0-9	Cavan

Croke Park, Dublin
Attendance: 37,605
Referee: Séamus Hayes (Tipperary)

References

↑ From The Press Box: Seventy Years of Great Moments in Irish Sport by Peter Byrne
↑ Mayo results archive, 1953
↑ GAA Final Teams
↑ Pride in the Jersey
↑ GAA Archive
↑ Cavan's finals

National Football Leagues

Seasons	1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Finals Records and statistics Winning players

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